Bill Burr

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Netflix has picked up "F Is for Family," a half-hour animated series based on the stand-up comedy of Bill Burr, in a pact with Gaumont International Television and Wild West Television.

The six-episode series, slated to hit all Netflix territories worldwide in 2015, marks the first animated series by Gaumont's U.S. production arm, tapping the expertise of Gaumont Animation in France.

"F Is for Family," created by Burr (pictured, above) and Michael Price ("The Simpsons"), follows the Murphy family in the 1970's. Burr will voice the role of Frank Murphy, the family's extreme patriarch; Laura Dern will voice Frank's...

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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Netflix has picked up "F Is for Family," a half-hour animated series based on the stand-up comedy of Bill Burr, in a pact with Gaumont International Television and Wild West Television.
The six-episode series, slated to hit...